Farmis Garden Hotel & Restaurant
Small budget hotel at Mirer Moydan with a restaurant, about 22 rooms, breakfast, Wi-Fi, generator backup and CCTV-monitored parking.
from ৳1,500 per night
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Malnichhara Tea Estate
Minutes off Airport Road, Malnichhara is usually called Bangladesh’s oldest commercial tea garden, dated to 1854 by Banglapedia (some accounts say 1849).
Malnichhara covers low hills on the northern edge of Sylhet city. You can walk the estate roads between rows of tea bushes and shade trees, and from spring to late autumn watch the pluckers at work.
- Getting there
- 4 km from Sylhet city, about 15 minutes
- Time on site
- Half a day
- Interest
- Tea gardens, Hills & views
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Highlights
- Historic tea estate, dated to 1854 by Banglapedia
- Tea plucking from March to November
- An easy half-day trip from the city
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Best time to visit
Visit between March and November to see tea plucking. The bushes are at their greenest during the rains.
Getting there
The estate is off Airport Road, 15 minutes from Zindabazar.
Costs
You may need permission at the estate gate to enter, and there may be a small admission fee.
Local tips
This is a working estate, so keep to the roads and ask workers before you photograph them.
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Where to stay nearby
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Grand Sylhet Hotel & Resort
Five-star hotel and resort on the airport road at Boroshala, with 235 rooms, a rooftop pool, spa, cinema and children's play area.
from ৳6,323 per night
Hotel Crystal Rose
Three-star-standard hotel on Electric Supply Road in Ambarkhana, with rooms from singles to suites, a Thai spa, gym and café.
from ৳3,500 per night
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Car with driver, Sylhet division
Hire an air-conditioned car or microbus by the day, with an experienced driver.
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Shrines and Surma heritage walk
Explore the old town with a local historian, travelling from Shahjalal Dargah to Keane Bridge.
from ৳1,500 per person
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Hazrat Shahjalal Dargah
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Hazrat Shah Paran Dargah
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Keane Bridge & Ali Amjad’s Clock
A 1930s steel bridge over the Surma, facing a 19th-century clock tower.